The effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on malaria mortality at different spatial scales in western Kenya, 2008-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria mortality is influenced by several factors including climatic and environmental factors, interventions, socioeconomic status (SES) and access to health systems. Here, we investigated the joint effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on under-five malaria mortality at different spatial scales using data from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in western Kenya.

Methods

We fitted Bayesian spatiotemporal (zero-inflated) negative binomial models to monthly mortality data aggregated at the village scale and over the catchment areas of the health facilities within the HDSS, between 2008 and 2019. First order autoregressive temporal and conditional autoregressive spatial processes were included as random effects to account for temporal and sp

SUBMITTER: Nyawanda BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11381700 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature